Thursday, March 31, 2016
Roof Redstart
Monday, March 21, 2016
More adders etc
Went reptile watching again this weekend, when the sun came out to play at lunchtime, with the rest of the family. We recorded:
Grass Snake,3,
Adder,2, including one of autumn's tiddlers (plus 2 probables rustling away),
Slow Worm, 1,
Common Lizard, 6.
At another site, Ed and I saw the same males as the previous weekend.
A very heavily marked male Adder
A small baby Adder (born in the autumn), possibly male, judging by colour compared to the autumn babies
Basking male Adder
Bee-fly
Common Lizard
This sign amused us...
Friday, March 18, 2016
Cranes at Eldernell
The male of this pair had a few primaries missing on its right wing. The unusual truncation and asymmetry suggest perhaps it had been shot, which is disturbing. At least it should be easily picked out in the field, in flight, for a while, at least...
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Monday, March 14, 2016
Snake eyes watching you
Went to a couple of sites near Peterborough, yesterday, in the glorious sun, where I saw five male Adders(split one and four), newly out of hibernation. Each has its own distinct pattern, which should help identify them as the season continues, giving more accurate ideas of true populations at the sites. Also, I will compare them to last year's photos for comparison.
This fellow with the rude tongue has distinctly cloudy eyes, suggesting he is very soon going to slough.
Monday, March 07, 2016
Digging in the dirt
Thursday, March 03, 2016
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
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